Author summary
13%19 analyzed articles/videos11,383 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ravie Lakshmanan results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 3,251 hits. Analysis detected 27,022 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,305 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 10% (5,693 of 6,296 authors). This Ravie Lakshmanan is better (less manipulative) than 90.40% of the peer group.
Ravie Lakshmanan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
10%Ravie Lakshmanan (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 44,305
Article count: 19
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

10% percentile
02550751009.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score19 analyzed articles44.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.0%5.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.2%1.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Author 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Attackers Weaponize GitHub Actions Runners to Target cPanel and WHM Servers49%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/23/2026, 11:28:00 AM
Unattri…9%
Google Adds Selfie Video Recovery for Users Locked Out of Their Accounts1%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/23/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs50%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/22/2026, 6:07:00 PM
Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug That Exposed Real Addresses in Mail Logs52%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/21/2026, 6:46:32 PM
Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber AI to Find and Fix Software Vulnerabilities55%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/21/2026, 3:09:00 PM
UAC-0145 Uses ClickFix CAPTCHAs to Infect Ukrainian Devices wih Malware42%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/19/2026, 1:30:00 PM
Seven Malicious Vite npm Packages Use Blockchain C2 to Deliver a RAT12%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/17/2026, 6:54:51 PM
GoldenEyeDog Subgroup Linked to DigiCert Breach and Code-Signing Certificate Theft33%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/17/2026, 4:39:00 PM
Fake Coding Tests Deliver OtterCookie-Aligned Malware Hidden in SVG Flag Images55%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/17/2026, 1:48:00 PM
ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories4%
The Hacker News17%By Ravie Lakshmanan13%7/16/2026, 3:41:00 PM